Sebastian Stan’s portrayal of Donald Trump earned him a Best Actor nomination in the 97th annual Academy Awards.
The actor best known for playing Carter Baizen in “Gossip Girl” and Bucky Barnes/the Winter Soldier in Marvel’s “Captain America” and “Avengers” films was cast as Donald Trump before he was elected president of the United States. Stan plays a young Trump, when he was married to Ivana Trump, in “The Apprentice.”
When the film was released in October 2024, Donald Trump had feedback about the film.
It wasn’t pretty.
Below is information about “The Apprentice” film with Sebastian Stan, his Oscar nomination and Donald Trump’s reaction.
Who is actor Sebastian Stan?
Actor Sebastian Stan is best known for playing opposite Blake Lively in the original “Gossip Girl” series and Chris Evans in the “Captain America” movies. In January 2024, Stan was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of famous Floridian, President Donald Trump.
His Oscar nomination was for his 2024 role as a younger Donald Trump in a movie called “The Apprentice,” which the film’s synopsis says is based on true events of the 1970s and ’80s.
What did Donald Trump say about “The Apprentice” with Sebastian Stan?
On Oct. 14, 2024, days after “The Apprentice” was released in theaters, Donald Trump posted a statement on his social media platform Truth Social: “A FAKE and CLASSLESS Movie written about me, called, The Apprentice (Do they even have the right to use that name without approval?), will hopefully ‘bomb.’ It’s a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job, put out right before the 2024 Presidential Election, to try and hurt the Greatest Political Movement in the History of our Country, ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’ My former wife, Ivana, was a kind and wonderful person, and I had a great relationship with her until the day she died. The writer of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has long been widely discredited, knew that, but chose to ignore it. So sad that HUMAN SCUM, like the people involved in this hopefully unsuccessful enterprise, are allowed to say and do whatever they want in order to hurt a Political Movement, which is far bigger than any of us. MAGA2024!”
Did Sebastian Stan win an Oscar for playing Donald Trump in ‘Apprentice’ movie?
Sebastian Stan was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of a younger President Donald Trump in “The Apprentice,” which was released on Oct. 11, 2024.
He’s nominated in the “Actor in a Leading Role” category, alongside Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist’), Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”) and Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”). On March 2, 2025, at the 97th annual Academy Awards, Adrien Brody won the Best Actor Oscar.
Variety predicted that Ralph Fiennes could win this category for his performance in “Conclave” and says that Colman Domingo should win for his performance in “Sing Sing.” Interestingly, Variety says that Sebastian Stan should have been nominated for the same category, but for his performance in a different movie – “A Different Man,” which was released in January 2024.
How many awards has Sebastian Stan won? Here are some of the roles he’s known for
Cast member Sebastian Stan poses during a presentation for the film “The Apprentice” at the BFI London Film Festival in London, Britain October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mina Kim
Sebastian Stan has been nominated for 45 awards and won 7 times.
He’s best-known for his roles as Carter Baizen in the original “Gossip Girl” series, as Captain America’s ex-best friend Bucky Barnes in three Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and most recently as a younger Donald Trump in “The Apprentice.”
Here are the awards he’s won, according to IMDb:
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Golden Globe winner, “Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy,” 2025
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“Actor of the Year” (For an exemplary body of work), for “A Different Man,” 2025
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Silver Berlin Bear Award, Best Leading Performance, “A Different Man,” 2024
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Nouvel Hollywood Award, Deauville American Film Festival in France, 2024
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Precious Gem Award, Miami Film Festival, 2024
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Maverick Award, Savannah Film Festival, 2024
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MTV Movie + TV Awards winner, “Best Duo,” shared with Anthony Mackie, for “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” 2021
(This story was updated with new information.)
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